Chapter 17 (re)


    Her body functioning on its own ord, her fingers traced the imprint on her flesh. Not ever having had


    a scar, it fascinated her enough to ground her, remembering the most basic thing to living- inhale and


    exhale.


    A demon, she somehow knew what it was. How? she had no clue. Raking information from her mind,


    knowing that if she could just remember something factual written about it, her nerves would rx.


    Disappointed, she got nothing but the feeling of a head concussion.


    The pressure of warmth on her cheek brought her out of her mind to focus on the green eyes very


    much like her own and the mouth that was trying to tell her something important.


    “Seals.” Nathan said looking confused and relieved at the same time, “When creatures of the fallen


    harms us in any way we heal leaving signatures of sorts, we call it seals, it’ll go away.” He looked down


    to where her fingers still brushed her stomach.


    Speechless, she nodded her head slowly, repeating, “Seals, fallen, healing, wait what?!”


    Alonso sighed, “Fallen are the Tempters, demons are the makings of the Tempters,pletely


    different, uhm Angels of hell, ring a bell?”


    Her mother grabbed her arm, “I know you want to process this,” her words hurried, anxious, “but I need


    you to go with your brother, I’ll be right behind you I promise.” Not waiting for an answer Franchesca


    turned to Nathan, “Take her, alert the Garde, get word to Ray, tell her Calub has been kidnapped, you


    have to protect her, Alonso you stay with me, there’ll be more.”


    Nathan nodded, his eyes bleak, like he held a secret, a deadly secret. Of what re didn''t even want


    to guess. There was obviously something more happening here.


    Giving Nathan some privacy as he spoke with Alonso in hushed tones, she spared neither of them a


    backward nce. Stepping over the broken door splinters she scanned the passage way.


    A sudden thought urred, why with all that noise the security guards didn’t check on them or police or


    anyone else. The ce was dead silent apart from the three in the house.


    It is a good thing she thought, and shrugged her curiosity off, heading toward the staircase. She


    needed time to think and figure out why the hell wasn’t freaking the crap out.


    A man appeared from the staircase, halting her mid-step. Dressed in a navy blue pinstriped suit, one


    would mistake him for a harmless businessman man at first nce. The coldness and lethal intent in


    his eyes as he smiled brightly at re confirmed he was anything but. Raising her brow she returned


    his gesture, trying to act casually like nothing had just happened and her heart wasn''t threatening to


    burst open from terror..


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    She couldn’t say how it happened, or when, but one tick of a second he was five feet away, and in a


    tock, he had a long sharp metal string wrapped around her neck and unyielding grip locking her hands


    together between their bodies.


    “Nathan, Mom,” re screamed in horror, the man holding her didn''t stop her as she wailed for help.


    By the strength of his hold on her hands and neck, re doubted he cared and that thought brought


    unbidden tears to her already glossy eyes. Quietening in case she baited, he couldn''t possibly want


    her, she was a nobody, right?


    It was Obvious re was no match for him, didn''t mean she’d just wait for her death, didn’t mean she''d


    just let this stranger use her to lure whoever it was he wanted. Struggling in the hopes of getting lucky,


    she squirmed. The more she tried the tighter his fingers squeezed her wrist, feeling like her bones were


    being crushed, she stopped and whimpered as the pain became numbingly excruciating.


    A spark of hope rose in her chest upon the sight of her brother.


    Knife in hand, Nathan didn''t flinch as he ran, aiming the sharp object, hitting her captor in the shoulder


    attached to the hand that held the metal string to her neck. The man barely jerked, grip still tight on her,


    she froze, certain this was no man.


    Shaking her head as her brother approached, she mouthed “no”. Relief didn''t meet her when Nathan


    listened and stopped walking, but he was safe, well safer than her.